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 LC    Brown-breasted Bulbul* Id (Atlas):
    Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Brown-breasted Bulbul, Anderson's Bulbul

Family
Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Anderson, 1869

Habitat
Scrub, secondary hillside growth. Generally above 800 m.

Range (Guide)
China (mainland), Laos (B), Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Hong Kong (China).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Noisy and conspicuous.

Voice
A thin 'ti-whi'. A harsh 'chi' and 'brzzp'. Song is a simple and repetitive 'chirriw i whi chu whirri ui'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (41)...)

 
Brown-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) [XC110239]
     by Frank Lambert from Yang County, Shaanxi, China (song)

 
Brown-breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) [XC807702]
     by Thet Zaw Naing from Namhsan, Kyaukme, Shan, China (song)

Subspecies
Validity of subspecies andersoni questionable, as its purported characters (shade of plumage, extent of breastband) are to large extent due to wear, fading and specimen preparation. Intergrades said to occur where it overlaps with nominate in southern China (northern and south-eastern Yunnan).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • andersoni (Swinhoe, 1870)   -  Central and southern China (south-eastern Gansu, Sichuan and northern Yunnan east to southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, south to northern Guangdong).
  • xanthorrhous Anderson, 1869   -  South-eastern Tibet, southern China (south-eastern Sichuan, Guizhou and south-western Hunan south to southern Yunnan and the Yao Shan, in Guangxi), northern and eastern Myanmar (including Ruby Mines district and southern Shan States), north-eastern Thailand, northern Laos and northern Vietnam (western Tonkin).



References
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Files:
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